Stockton, Calif: overlooked as travel destinationLoading
  • Jazz night at Stockton's Take 5 at the Valley Brew on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Playing on this Thursday is Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa
    Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa plays with Dave Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet at Valley Brewing Company's "Take 5 Jazz Club" in Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013. The quintet from left, Paul Bloom on piano, Adam Goldman on bass, Daversa, Tom Kelly on sax, Rane Roatta on alto sax, and Malachi Whitson on drums.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • Jazz night at Stockton's Take 5 at the Valley Brew on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Playing on this Thursday is Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa
    The Dave Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet play a set during Jazz Night at Valley Brewing Company's "Take 5 Jazz Club" in Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • Jazz night at Stockton's Take 5 at the Valley Brew on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Playing on this Thursday is Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa
    Drummer Malachi Whitson and bassist Adam Goldman with the Dave Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet playing a set during Jazz Night at Valley Brewing Company's "Take 5 Jazz Club" in Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • Jazz night at Stockton's Take 5 at the Valley Brew on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Playing on this Thursday is Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa
    Los Angeles jazz trumpeter John Daversa plays with Dave Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet during Jazz Night at Valley Brewing Company's "Take 5 Jazz Club" in Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    The Bob Hope Theatre in downtown Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013. The theater hosts concerts and regular "classic movie" nights.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    "Kellogg's Kids" oil on canvas paintings from an exhibit by Norman Rockwell at Stockton's Haggin Museum which houses several rooms charting the city's rich port history, but also has it's share of works by the masters, such as Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Stockton's Haggin Museum houses several rooms charting the city's rich port history, but also has it's share of works by the masters, such as Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Nena's Restaurant cook Blanca Arreola and Sonya Martinez makes flour tortillas on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Stockton Mexican restaurant whose homemade tortillas are a local legend.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Nena's Restaurant cooks Blanca Arreola and Sonya Martinez make flour and corn tortillas on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Stockton Mexican restaurant whose homemade tortillas are a local legend.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Nena's Restaurant owner Nena Salcedo and her son Arturo Reyes on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at their Stockton Mexican restaurant whose homemade tortillas are a local legend.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Nena's Restaurant on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - the Stockton Mexican restaurant's homemade tortillas are a local legend.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Along Stockton's Miracle Mile is long time tenant Al Greco who has been selling comics at Al's Comic Shop for over 35 years. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Al Greco who has been selling comics at Al's Comic Shop for over 35 years at his store along Stockton's Miracle Mile on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Along Stockton's Miracle Mile is Al's Comic Shop in the same location for over 35 years. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    An exhibit at Stockton's Haggin Museum which houses several rooms charting the city's rich port history, but also has it's share of works by the masters, such as Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    An exhibit at Stockton's Haggin Museum which houses several rooms charting the city's rich port history, but also has it's share of works by the masters, such as Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Along Stockton's Miracle Mile on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Downtown Stockton on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    Stockton's Haggin Museum houses several rooms charting the city's rich port history, but also has it's share of works by the masters, such as Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photo taken on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    A view of Stockton's downtown waterfront district taken onThursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    A sculpture by Moto Ohtake titled "Airborne 2009" along Stockton's downtown waterfront district onThursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    A view of Stockton's downtown waterfront district is home to two minor league sports teams - the baseball Ports and hockey Thunder - in arena ballpark, taken onThursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
  • another side of gritty, plucky Stockton, a place you might want to visit on a day-trip.
    The Joan Darrah Promenade Stockton Marina on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
    Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com

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